Xiwoo’s eyes changed sharply. But the Trickster, unfazed, opened his mouth lightly.
“I told you, I’m just interested in someone with the same hobby.”
“…….”
“As proof, I didn’t hold your sister responsible for stealing the Gate Core. You see? My colleagues behind me. They didn’t even lift a finger to her. Even though they could have, they came here to eat soup with me instead.”
The Trickster tapped on the empty soup bowl. His lips, curved, revealed his small canine.
“If you don’t want this to spread as a guild dispute, I recommend pretending you don’t know.”
With those final words, the Trickster reached for the folded tissue again. Humming a tune, he became engrossed in folding the tissue. He looked just like an ordinary boy, but Xiwoo continued to stare at him sharply.
Just pretend you don’t know.
That was a threat. But Xiwoo was not the one to be threatened by a mere middle school boy.
Even if his opponent was an Srank hunter, it didn’t matter. He had no intention of losing to a kid whose head had not yet dried.
“Hey.”
The moment Xiwoo opened his mouth.
“Let’s go.”
Eunha, who had returned at some point, was standing next to the table.
Suddenly, the frozen ice cup was reflected in Eunha’s black pupils. It was certainly lukewarm water before she went to the restroom.
“…….”
For a long while, Eunha stared at it and then turned her head back to them.
Externally, the two didn’t seem to have changed much.
“……Are you back already?”
Xiwoo looked up at Eunha. His words sounded as if he had hoped she would come back a little later.
“I paid the bill. Let’s leave.”
Eunha quickly turned away. Following her, Xiwoo and Minjoo also got up from their seats.
But at that moment.
“…….”
Xiwoo’s gaze was fixed on Eunha’s bulging pocket.
“Senior, what’s that in your pocket?”
“Oh. This.”
Eunha casually rummaged through her pocket. Swiftly, indifferently pulling it out, it was──.
“A Gate Core.”
“……!”
Xiwoo’s eyes widened at the sight of the purple bead.
‘Nyah.’
The Trickster, who happened to catch his eye, hid behind Eunha’s back and stuck out his tongue mockingly.
“I happened to get swept up in a Burst Gate on the way here, defeated the boss, and picked this up.”
“Burst Gate…… you say?”
Come to think of it, the device rang while he was waiting for her.
The fissure that had occurred at the H Hotel in Banhadong.
Did she get caught in that place? How could one ‘accidentally’ get swept into a Burst Gate? It should be impossible unless the agents, police, and firefighters from the association were mere decorations.
“Yes. Burst Gate.”
Eunha nodded her head frankly, holding the Gate Core. He was dumbfounded by her unflappable demeanor, which he had thought he had become accustomed to.
The Trickster’s words were true.
How should he handle this? While deeply contemplating this,
“What should I do with this?”
Eunha suddenly thrust the Gate Core in front of Xiwoo.
During the Galactic era, it was mandated that the acquired Gate core be submitted to the higherups. And now, if one were to speak of the Galaxy’s higherups, it would be the Wolf that hired them, namely, Siwoo.
“That Gate core is─.”
The moment Siwoo hurriedly opened his mouth.
Ziing─
A vibration rang out. It was Siwoo’s mobile phone.
“……Hold on.”
Siwoo stared at the mobile phone with a face still full of bewilderment.
010[Dash]XXXX[Dash]XXXX
Siwoo slightly frowned as he checked the name that appeared on the screen. What on earth could it be at such an important moment?
“I’ll take this call and be right back.”
Having first exited the restaurant, Siwoo took the call near an alley next to the establishment.
“Yeah. What.”
「Boss, where are you right now?」
“Out for a bit. Why?”
「Well… a guest has arrived.」
“A guest? For me?”
For the Wolf’s owner, Shin Guihun, perhaps, but a guest for him?
‘Is it someone from the Association?’
That’s the only thought that came to mind. He could not think of anyone else who would come to find him.
“Send them away.”
「What?」
“Send them away. Beat around the bush or something.”
Hmmm……. A small groan came from the other end of the receiver, and Siwoo finally added a word.
“I’m a bit busy now. Make sure they never come again. Do you understand what I’m saying?”
「Yes, I understand.」
“Good. Hang up.”
Right now, the important thing wasn’t some unknown guest. Siwoo pocketed his mobile phone and held his forehead.
‘Gate core.’
‘I got caught up in a Burst Gate on my way, defeated the boss, and picked it up.’
“Ha.”
It seemed that the situation was finally starting to make sense. So, his senior had stolen a core from a gate won by the Legion, and the Legion guild members who realized it were chasing after him.
But apart from that, there was one point he couldn’t understand.
‘Why is Trickster hiding his identity from his senior?’
That point still seemed suspicious. Inside the Gate, or even while walking to the rice soup house afterward, he could have reclaimed the Gate core from her at any time. But he didn’t.
‘It’s just an interest in someone with the same hobby.’
……No, I don’t believe that at all. But no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t find an acceptable answer.
‘Let’s go back first.’
Staying here and doing this wouldn’t produce any answers.
As he turned his steps back towards the restaurant, he felt another vibration from his back pocket.
010[Dash]XXXX[Dash]XXXX
He thought he had made himself clear, but apparently not. Siwoo sighed briefly and answered the call again.
“What now.”
「Bboss.」
The voice coming over the receiver was, incomparably to earlier, filled with difficulty.
「The representative said that since you were out, he wanted to at least meet the Master. What should I do?」
What? Siwoo’s face darkened with anger. Demanding a meeting without any preamble.
“Since when did Wolf Guild’s headquarters become a neighborhood supermarket?”
Everyone in Korea knew what status Wolf held. At Siwoo’s words, Jehwi stammered his reply.
「It’s about the Princess of Black Flame, and he insists on discussing it with you today.」
Stop.
The Princess of Black Flame. At that word, Siwoo’s movement stopped.
Quite a long silence passed. Slowly, Siwoo opened his mouth.
“Who is he?”
The cold voice held no intention of hiding hostility or caution.
「He… says he’s from the ‘Chaser’ Guild.」
“Chaser?”
It seemed familiar. Where was it? It wasn’t a guild famous enough to be ingrained in his memory.
Lost in thought for a moment, Jehwi’s voice came from the other end of the receiver.
As if worried about being eavesdropped on, it was a careful and secretive voice.
「The American Hunter Guild, Chaser, sir.」
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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